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Hardware Installation

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Install the drive motors on the mount axes as shown in the following pictures.

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Summary of Contents for EQStarPro

Page 1: ...EQStarPro User Guide www astro gadget com 1 EQStarPro User Guide...

Page 2: ...re Installation 5 3 PC Software Installation 6 4 PC control 8 5 Control with Mobile Cell Phone or Tablet 10 6 EQStarPro control via ZWO ASIAir Pro 14 7 EQStarPro control via a Linux Controller 15 8 St...

Page 3: ...stron SynScan as well as a mount German equatorial mount Compatible programs on mobile devices include SkySafari Orion StarSeek DSOPlanner et al EQStarPRO Communication with the PC is via the USB cabl...

Page 4: ...iding input PC COM port over USB interface for PCs Wifi Wifi enable switch Wifi On LED Power on off switch Power input 5 5mm outer 2 1mm inner power connector accepts center 2 1mm male plus pin and 5...

Page 5: ...EQStarPro User Guide www astro gadget com 5 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Install the drive motors on the mount axes as shown in the following pictures...

Page 6: ...x64 exe This installs a Silicon Labs CP210x USB UART driver After you install the driver when you connect the EQStarPro via the supplied USB cable the driver will show up as managing the virtual COM p...

Page 7: ...the joystick remote control to the ST4 port of the EQStarPro While pressing the Mode button on the side of the manual remote control turn the power on for the EQStarPro It should respond with two sho...

Page 8: ...Stellarium once the EQStarPro configuration information is set up using the wrench settings icon telescope control can be enabled via the telescope icon This brings up the ASCOM control panel that sho...

Page 9: ...ick box for 5 seconds EQStarPro will respond with a long beep The default guiding speed for each axis is x0 5 Pressing the RA button up to three times will result in x0 5 x0 75 and x1 0 speeds Similar...

Page 10: ...ns of Android 5 2 Set Telescope in Polar Home Position Set the telescope and mount in the polar home position with the mount leveled weights pointing straight down and telescope tube pointed toward Po...

Page 11: ...Settings Wifi Settings form in SynScan Pro can be used to set a password for better security 5 8 Using SkySafari Planetarium for EQStarPro Control SkySafari 6 0 can be used from an Android cellphone...

Page 12: ...o the EQStarPro via the SynScan Pro application SkySafari can be used to select an object and request telescope Goto to point at that object Once slewing stops the requested object should be in view t...

Page 13: ...devices you will need to install an application called SynScanLink After downloading SynScanLink to the iPhone the SkyWatcher SynScanLink telescope appears in the Skysafari telescope list Use this ch...

Page 14: ...n the telescope settings form of the ASIAir Pro choose EQMOD with SkySafari with a 9600 baud serial connection 6 2 ASIAir Pro control via WiFi For WiFi connections the EQStarPro must be started with W...

Page 15: ...control For Linux based control of EQStarPro the combination of KStars a planetarium program and EKOS a mount control program for scripted guided astrophotography will work with the addition of an Ind...

Page 16: ...title Astroberry_Server 8 Stand alone mount control with push button joystick 8 1 Connect a push button joystick to port ST4 8 2 After turning on the power to the EQStarPro the device will emit 1 sho...

Page 17: ...d cable is available from several vendors on Amazon 9 2 The LED on the front of the EQStarPro is not a power indicator It is a WiFi indicator that should be lit when WiFi is enabled via the WiFi switc...

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